#Cyprus

MEMBERS of parliament on Wednesday discussed a new bill which, if passed, would tighten regulations on their own second jobs. The bill was put forward by Dipa MP Marinos Mousiouttas, ...

Supporting opposition candidate Tufan Erhurman at October’s Turkish Cypriot leadership election is “the right thing to do”, Turkish Cypriot Nicosia mayor Mehmet Harmanci said on Wednesday. Speaking to Genc ...

The central government has allocated €8 million worth of funding to Cyprus’ five district governments to deal with “water supply and water loss issues”, Interior Minister Constantinos Ioannou said on Wednesday. ...

A box file full of evidence was the central subject of Thursday’s court hearing of the trial of the 49-year-old woman who stands accused of having sold Greek Cypriot-owned ...

The permanent criminal court of Paphos will announce its sentence on July 8 for convicted murderer Doros Theofanous, known as “the hairdresser”, who escaped from custody last year. The court heard ...

Applications for financial assistance to farmers hit by natural events, especially drought, are now live online, with €12.3 million currently available as compensation and a further €3.5m expected to follow, the ...

The Israeli ambassador to Cyprus, Oren Anolik, on Wednesday expressed concern over what he describes as a spike in “antisemitic rhetoric” across Cyprus’ public sphere in recent days. “What threatens ...

A batch of frozen duck breast fillets imported from Poland has been pulled from supermarket shelves in Cyprus after testing positive for Salmonella enteritidis, health officials confirmed on Wednesday. The ...

European Affairs Deputy Minister Marilena Raouna on Tuesday said the EU must lead efforts to de-escalate the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Speaking ahead of the start of the ...

President Nikos Christodoulides on Tuesday clarified that Cyprus’ new tax reform will come into force without delay on January 1, 2026, describing the implementation date as final and non-negotiable. Speaking during a ...

Efforts to finalise the future of the cost-of-living allowance (Cola) have entered a critical phase, as Labour Minister Yiannis Panayiotou confirmed on Tuesday that talks are intensifying ahead of the ...

Three popular beaches in Yeroskipou have earned the internationally recognised blue flag award for 2025, a sign of excellence in cleanliness, safety and coastal management. The municipality of Yeroskipou confirmed the ...

A total of 20 flights have been chartered and are set to depart from Larnaca airport on Tuesday to repatriate Israelis attempting to return to Israel amid the partial closure of ...

There are “about 14” British Typhoon fighter jets currently stationed at the United Kingdom’s Akrotiri base in Cyprus, the country’s parliamentary under-secretary of state for the armed forces Luke ...

The House human rights committee on Monday held a charged session that lasted more than three hours, focusing on the death of 26-year-old national guardsman Thanasis Nicolaou, following the recent ...

Passengers travelling from Larnaca and Paphos are advised to arrive three hours early due to increased traffic at the airports, Hermes airports said on Monday evening. “It is recommended that ...

The audit service on Monday published a report flagging mismanagement and oversights by the forestry department in managing four contracts as part of the sustainable development plan for the Akamas ...

Shipping Deputy Minister Marina Hadjimanolis on Monday warned of “global implications” if Iran blockades the Strait of Hormuz. “The developments are rapid and without a doubt very worrying, with global ...

The government’s ‘e-Kalathi’ application falls “well below consumers’ expectations”, the consumers’ association said on Monday. “Unfortunately, the promises made to us were flatly not kept and consumers were left ...

Due to an outage at the Larnaca desalination plant, Larnaca, Nicosia and Famagusta districts will face a reduced supply of drinking water from June 24 to June 27. “The public is invited, ...

The road between Rizoparkaso and the Apostolos Andreas monastery on Cyprus’ northeastern tip will be closed during afternoons on weekdays this week and next week, the north’s ‘transport ministry’ ...

A total of 21 flights have been chartered, and are set to depart from Cyprus on Monday, to repatriate Israelis attempting to return to Israel amid the partial closure of the ...

The deposed Paphos bishop Tychikos on Monday submitted a confession of faith to the Holy Synod, ahead of an expected appeal against the decision to relieve him of his duties. ...

The British government was informed ahead of time of the United States’ strikes on nuclear facilities in Iran, but did not receive any request for its bases in Cyprus or ...